Ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's qualification

Ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Tournament
men  women
Qualification
men  women
Rosters
men  women

Qualification for the women's tournament at the 2018 Winter Olympics determined by the IIHF World Ranking following the 2016 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships. The top five teams in the World Ranking will receive automatic berths into the Olympics, South Korea has received an automatic berth as host, and all other member nations have an opportunity to qualify for the remaining two spots.[1]

Qualified teams

Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
Host 19 September 2014[2] Spain Tenerife 1  South Korea
2016 IIHF World Ranking[†] 7 December 2012–
April 2016		 Canada Kamloops[‡] 5  United States
 Canada
 Finland
 Russia
 Sweden
Final qualification tournament 9–12 February 2017 Switzerland Arosa 1
Final qualification tournament 9–12 February 2017 Japan Tomakomai 1
TOTAL 8
Notes
  1. † The 2016 IIHF World Ranking includes the following events: 2013 World Championship, 2014 Winter Olympic Games, 2014 World Championship, 2015 World Championship and 2016 World Championship
  2. ‡ Kamloops was the site for 2016 IIHF Women's World Championship; at the conclusion of the tournament the ranking was finalized with regards to the qualification slots.

Qualification seeding

To qualify directly, a nation has to be ranked in the top five following the 2016 IIHF Women's World Championship.[1] Using the IIHF World Ranking points system, the 2016 will receive full value, and each preceding year was worth 25% less. Teams that wish to compete must apply in "early spring of 2016".[3] The following is a ranking based on points accumulated toward Olympic qualification of all countries.

Points are earned based on overall finish, available points for 2016 are as follows:

Place 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ...
Points 1200 1160 1120 1100 1060 1040 1020 1000 960 940 920 900 880 860 840 820 800 780 760 740 ...
1–5 Qualifies directly to Olympic Tournament
6–11 Enters qualifying in the final round
12–17 Enters qualifying in the preliminary round 3
18–24 Enters qualifying in the preliminary round 2
25–27 Enters qualifying in the preliminary round 1
Seeding Team WC 2016 WC 2015 WC 2014 OLY 2014 WC 2013 Total
1  United States 1200 900 580 580 300 3560
2  Canada 1160 870 600 600 290 3520
3  Finland 1100 840 530 530 275 3275
4  Russia 1120 825 520 520 280 3265
5  Sweden 1060 795 550 550 255 3210
6   Switzerland 1020 780 560 560 260 3180
7  Japan 1000 765 500 500 240 3005
8  Germany 960 750 510 510 265 2995
9  Czech Republic 1040 720 480 480 250 2970
10  Denmark 900 675 460 470 235 2740
11  Austria 920 705 440 420 225 2710
12  France 940 690 450 410 210 2700
13  Norway 880 660 470 460 220 2690
14  Slovakia 860 630 430 440 230 2590
15  Latvia 820 645 420 370 215 2470
16  China 760 600 410 450 195 2415
17  Hungary 840 585 400 360 180 2365
18  Kazakhstan 800 540 370 430 190 2330
19  Netherlands 740 615 390 380 205 2330
20  Italy 780 570 360 400 175 2285
21  Great Britain 680 525 350 390 185 2130
22  Poland 720 495 340 350 160 2065
Host  South Korea 700 510 330 320 150 2010
23  Slovenia 640 450 290 340 155 1875
24  Croatia 620 480 300 310 140 1850
25  North Korea 660 555 380 0 200 1795
26  Spain 580 420 280 330 145 1755
27  Australia 600 390 310 0 170 1470
28  New Zealand 520 465 320 0 165 1470
29  Iceland 560 405 270 0 135 1370
30  Turkey 500 360 250 0 120 1230
31  Mexico 540 435 240 0 0 1215
32  South Africa 440 330 230 0 125 1125
33  Bulgaria 420 315 220 0 115 1070
34  Hong Kong 460 345 210 0 0 1015
35  Belgium 0 375 260 0 130 765
36  Romania 480 0 0 0 0 480

Preliminary round 1

This round was played 7–9 October 2016 in Mexico City. The winner (Mexico) advanced to the preliminary round 2 as qualifier seven.

Group J

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Mexico (H) 2 2 0 0 0 24 5 +19 6 Preliminary round 2
2  Turkey 2 1 0 0 1 13 13 0 3
3  Hong Kong 2 0 0 0 2 2 21 −19 0
Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host.

Results

All times are local (UTC–5).

7 October 2016
20:30		Hong Kong 2–8
(1–4, 1–3, 0–1)		 TurkeyIce Dome, Mexico City
Attendance: 50
8 October 2016
20:00		Mexico 13–0
(5–0, 5–0, 3–0)		 Hong KongIce Dome, Mexico City
Attendance: 1,000
9 October 2016
19:00		Turkey 5–11
(1–5, 2–2, 2–4)		 MexicoIce Dome, Mexico City
Attendance: 700

Preliminary round 2

This round was played on 3–6, November 2016 in Astana, Kazakhstan and San Sebastián, Spain. The winner of each group advanced to the preliminary round 3 as qualifiers five and six, ranked according their seeding.

Group G

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Kazakhstan (H) 3 3 0 0 0 10 3 +7 9 Preliminary round 3
2  Poland 3 2 0 0 1 10 7 +3 6
3  Great Britain 3 1 0 0 2 7 9 −2 3
4  Mexico 3 0 0 0 3 3 11 −8 0
Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host.

Results

All times are local (UTC+6).

3 November 2016
15:00		Great Britain 3–2
(0–2, 0–0, 3–0)		 MexicoBarys Arena, Astana
Attendance: 102
3 November 2016
19:00		Poland 1–4
(1–1, 0–3, 0–0)		 KazakhstanBarys Arena, Astana
Attendance: 465
4 November 2016
15:00		Great Britain 3–4
(0–2, 2–1, 1–1)		 PolandBarys Arena, Astana
Attendance: 152
4 November 2016
19:00		Kazakhstan 3–1
(2–0, 1–0, 0–1)		 MexicoBarys Arena, Astana
Attendance: 446
6 November 2016
12:00		Mexico 0–5
(0–0, 0–4, 0–1)		 PolandBarys Arena, Astana
Attendance: 183
6 November 2016
16:00		Kazakhstan 3–1
(2–0, 0–0, 1–1)		 Great BritainBarys Arena, Astana
Attendance: 861

Group H

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Italy 3 3 0 0 0 15 2 +13 9 Preliminary round 3
2  Netherlands 3 2 0 0 1 17 6 +11 6
3  Spain (H) 3 1 0 0 2 5 5 0 3
4  Slovenia 3 0 0 0 3 3 27 −24 0
Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host.

Results

All times are local (UTC+1).

4 November 2016
16:30		Slovenia 1–14
(0–4, 0–6, 1–4)		 NetherlandsPalacio del Hielo Txuri Urdin, San Sebastian
Attendance: 174
4 November 2016
20:00		Italy 2–0
(0–0, 1–0, 1–0)		 SpainPalacio del Hielo Txuri Urdin, San Sebastian
Attendance: 252
5 November 2016
16:30		Italy 8–1
(2–1, 1–0, 5–0)		 SloveniaPalacio del Hielo Txuri Urdin, San Sebastian
Attendance: 120
5 November 2016
20:00		Netherlands 2–0
(1–0, 1–0, 0–0)		 SpainPalacio del Hielo Txuri Urdin, San Sebastian
Attendance: 357
6 November 2016
16:30		Netherlands 1–5
(0–3, 1–2, 0–0)		 ItalyPalacio del Hielo Txuri Urdin, San Sebastian
Attendance: 276
6 November 2016
20:00		Spain 5–1
(4–1, 0–0, 1–0)		 SloveniaPalacio del Hielo Txuri Urdin, San Sebastian
Attendance: 168

Preliminary round 3

Two round robins will be played 15–18 December 2016 in Cergy-Pontoise France, and Stavanger Norway. The winners of each advance to the final qualification tournaments as qualifiers three and four, ranked according to their seeding.

Group E

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  France (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Final qualification
2  Latvia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  China 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Italy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 15 December 2016. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host.

Results

All times are local (UTC+1).

15 December 2016
16:00		Latvia v ItalyAren'Ice, Cergy-Pontoise
15 December 2016
19:30		China v FranceAren'Ice, Cergy-Pontoise
16 December 2016
16:00		Latvia v ChinaAren'Ice, Cergy-Pontoise
16 December 2016
19:30		France v ItalyAren'Ice, Cergy-Pontoise
18 December 2016
16:00		Italy v ChinaAren'Ice, Cergy-Pontoise
18 December 2016
19:30		France v LatviaAren'Ice, Cergy-Pontoise

Group F

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Norway (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Final qualification
2  Slovakia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Hungary 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Kazakhstan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 16 December 2016. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host.

Results

All times are local (UTC+1).

16 December 2016
15:00		Slovakia v KazakhstanDNB Arena, Stavanger
16 December 2016
18:30		Hungary v NorwayDNB Arena, Stavanger
17 December 2016
15:00		Slovakia v HungaryDNB Arena, Stavanger
17 December 2016
18:30		Norway v KazakhstanDNB Arena, Stavanger
18 December 2016
14:30		Kazakhstan v HungaryDNB Arena, Stavanger
18 December 2016
18:00		Norway v SlovakiaDNB Arena, Stavanger

Final qualification

Two round robins will be played from 9–12 February 2017 in Arosa, Switzerland and Tomakomai, Japan. The two group winners qualify for the Olympic tournament Group B.

Group C

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Switzerland (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2018 Winter Olympics
2  Czech Republic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Denmark 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Qualifier 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 9 February 2017. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host.

Results

All times are local (UTC+1).

9 February 2017
16:00		Denmark v  SwitzerlandSport- und Kongresszentrum, Arosa
9 February 2017
20:00		Czech Republic vQSport- und Kongresszentrum, Arosa
11 February 2017
16:00		Switzerland  vQSport- und Kongresszentrum, Arosa
11 February 2017
20:00		Czech Republic v DenmarkSport- und Kongresszentrum, Arosa
12 February 2017
16:00		Switzerland  v Czech RepublicSport- und Kongresszentrum, Arosa
12 February 2017
20:00		Qv DenmarkSport- und Kongresszentrum, Arosa

Group D

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Japan (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2018 Winter Olympics
2  Germany 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Austria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Qualifier 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 9 February 2017. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host.

Results

All times are local (UTC+9).

9 February 2017
14:30		Germany vQHakucho Oji Ice Arena, Tomakomai
9 February 2017
18:00		Austria v JapanHakucho Oji Ice Arena, Tomakomai
11 February 2017
14:30		Germany v AustriaHakucho Oji Ice Arena, Tomakomai
11 February 2017
18:00		Japan vQHakucho Oji Ice Arena, Tomakomai
12 February 2017
14:30		Qv AustriaHakucho Oji Ice Arena, Tomakomai
12 February 2017
18:00		Japan v GermanyHakucho Oji Ice Arena, Tomakomai

References

  1. 1 2 "2018 Olympic Winter Games". IIHF.com. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "Korea headed to the Olympics". IIHF.com. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "2018 Olympic qualification format set". IIHF.com. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
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